Definition of "kenyte" [kenyte]

• In petrography, a volcanic rock resembling pantellerite but more basic. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The kenyte lava of which it is formed is a remarkable rock, and is found in few parts of the world: but when you have seen one bit of kenyte you have seen all."
• "The apex of the triangle which forms as it were the cape proper is a similar kenyte bluff."
• "For instance we cut a hole through the floor of the dark-room, and sledged in some heavy boulders of kenyte lava: these were frozen solidly into the rock upon which the hut was built by the simple method of pouring hot water over them, and the pedestal so formed was used by"